Early on in the 2016 campaign period, then,presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte said that “labor contractualization is adopted in the United States,and other developed with stable economies but for a country like the Philippines, when the economy is,still building, you don’t practice this.” This statement was met with much applause. After all, no other,candidate had spoken so passionately against labor contractualization.
Now, early on in President Duterte’s term, the,Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) had committed itself to significantly reducing endo,within a few months. With the first Labor Day under this administration,happening today, we must ask: what progress, if any, has there been made in addressing the problem,of labor contractualization?
As of October 2016, DOLE claims that,more than 45,000 contractual workers have been regularized under the Duterte administration. However, these numbers,still leave much to be desired given that, according to the Philippines Statistics,Authority, more than 1.3 million Filipinos were considered non-regular employees in 2014. Hopefully, more progress has,been made since then.
Now, early on in President Duterte’s term, the,Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) had committed itself to significantly reducing endo,within a few months. With the first Labor Day under this administration,happening today, we must ask: what progress, if any, has there been made in addressing the problem,of labor contractualization?
As of October 2016, DOLE claims that,more than 45,000 contractual workers have been regularized under the Duterte administration. However, these numbers,still leave much to be desired given that, according to the Philippines Statistics,Authority, more than 1.3 million Filipinos were considered non-regular employees in 2014. Hopefully, more progress has,been made since then.
source: rappler
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